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The Age of Cats: How Cats Evolved from the Savannah to Your Sofa

The Age of Cats: How Cats Evolved from the Savannah...

Author: Jonathan B. Losos
ISBN: 9780008339500
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The past, present and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist...  Read More >>

Infinite Life: A Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution and Life on Earth

Infinite Life: A Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution...

Author: Jules Howard
ISBN: 9781783968275
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Each animal on the planet owes its existence to one very simple but crucial piece of evolutionary engineering: the...  Read More >>

Stuck Monkey: The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love

Stuck Monkey: The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things...

Author: James Hamilton-Paterson
ISBN: 9781803285535
Format: Paperback
$22.99

James Hamilton-Paterson investigates the 'innocent' habits of consumers and how they contribute vastly to climate...  Read More >>

The Known Unknowns: The Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos

The Known Unknowns: The Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos...

Author: Lawrence M. Krauss
ISBN: 9781801100656
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Our understanding of ourselves and the cosmos has advanced immeasurably over the last five hundred years of modern...  Read More >>

Warming Up: How Climate Change is Changing Sport

Warming Up: How Climate Change is Changing Sport

Author: Madeleine Orr
ISBN: 9781399404525
Format: Hardback
$42.99

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Infinite Life: A Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution and Life on Earth

Infinite Life: A Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution...

Author: Jules Howard
ISBN: 9781783967773
Format: Hardback
$35.00

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The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality

The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape...

Author: Andy Clark
ISBN: 9780141990583
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worlds For as long as we've studied...  Read More >>

Chemistry for Breakfast: The Amazing Science of Everyday Life

Chemistry for Breakfast: The Amazing Science of Everyday...

Author: Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim ,  Claire Lenkova
ISBN: 9781778401916
Format: Paperback
$29.99

A whirlwind romp through everyday science, perfect for fans ofHow Stuff Works,Stuff You Should Know and Netflix's Explained...  Read More >>

Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses

Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses...

Author: David Scheel
ISBN: 9781529392647
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A riveting new exploration of the octopus from the world-leading expert, marine biologist David Scheel. For fans...  Read More >>

Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness: Our leading theories of how your brain really works

Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness: Our leading...

Author: Patrick House
ISBN: 9781035400041
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World

Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World

Author: Helen Czerski
ISBN: 9781804991961
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive...  Read More >>

Quantum Supremacy: How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of Science – and Address Humanity’s Biggest Challenges

Quantum Supremacy: How Quantum Computers will Unlock...

Author: Michio Kaku
ISBN: 9780141999456
Format: Paperback
$24.99

An exhilarating guide to the astonishing future of quantum computing, from the international bestselling physicist...  Read More >>

The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications

The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After...

Author: Emily Oster ,  Dr Nathan Fox, MD
ISBN: 9781800817678
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A data driven guide of navigating pregnancy complications and what to expect when expecting again.  Read More >>

How Fast Did T. rex Run?: Unsolved Questions from the Frontiers of Dinosaur Science

How Fast Did T. rex Run?: Unsolved Questions from the...

Author: David Hone
ISBN: 9780691244723
Format: Paperback
$50.03

The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of dinosaurs In just the past twenty years, we...  Read More >>

New Book of Optical Illusions

New Book of Optical Illusions

Author: Georg Ruschemeyer
ISBN: 9781770855922
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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The Royal Institution: Director's Choice

The Royal Institution: Director's Choice

Author: Katherine Mathieson
ISBN: 9781785515309
Format: Paperback
$19.99

In this enjoyable guide to the Royal Institution, Director Katherine Mathieson shares her favourite features associated...  Read More >>

Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life

Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life...

Author: Nell Greenfieldboyce
ISBN: 9780393882346
Format: Hardback
$46.95

An astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science correspondent: intimate essays about the intersection of science...  Read More >>

How Trees Can Save the World

How Trees Can Save the World

Author: Peter Wohlleben
ISBN: 9780008447243
Format: Paperback
$28.44

From the internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees An illuminating manifesto...  Read More >>

Beautiful Bacteria: Encounters in the Microuniverse 

Beautiful Bacteria: Encounters in the Microuniverse ...

Author: Tal Danino
ISBN: 9780847899869
Format: Hardback
$120.00

A leading bacteria scientist combines unique photographic techniques and accessible text to reveal the microbial...  Read More >>

Allergic: How Our Immune System Reacts to a Changing World

Allergic: How Our Immune System Reacts to a Changing...

Author: Theresa MacPhail
ISBN: 9781802062830
Format: Paperback
$24.99

An eye-opening investigation-combining reporting, history and cutting-edge science-into allergies and their stunning...  Read More >>

StarWords: The Celestial Roots of Modern Language

StarWords: The Celestial Roots of Modern Language

Author: Daniel Kunth ,  Elena Terlevich
ISBN: 9783031490231
Format: Paperback
$73.89

Unbeknownst to many, our modern language contains countless words that were inspired by human observations of the...  Read More >>

The Descent of Artificial Intelligence: Scenes from the Deep History of a Field 400 Years in the Making

The Descent of Artificial Intelligence: Scenes from...

Author: Kevin Donnelly
ISBN: 9780822947967
Format: Hardback
$118.80

A Radically Different History of AI Spanning Four Centuries of Research on Human Intelligence and Behavior. The...  Read More >>

Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean

Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges...

Author: Matt Strassler
ISBN: 9781541603295
Format: Hardback
$55.00

"A theoretical physicist takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey-found in ""no other book"" (Science)-to discover...  Read More >>

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